Stickpack-type packaging for a test strip
AssigneeRoche Diabetes Care, Inc.
InventorAxel Ahl
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Abstract
The application concerns a stickpack-type packaging comprising an elongate foil tube having two transverse sealing joints, such that a tightly closed fill space is provided in the foil tube for storing a product. It is proposed that a single disposable test strip is arranged in the fill space, wherein the test strip has a chemistry pad for detecting an analyte in a sample, and the chemistry pad is arranged at a distance at least from one of the transverse sealing joints.
Claims22
A method for producing a stickpack-type packaging containing a test strip having a first end and a second end, a heat sensitive chemistry pad being located adjacent the first end, comprising:
- a) forming an elongate foil tube having a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end;
- b) sealing the first longitudinal end of the elongate foil tube by a first heat-sealed transverse joint, thereby providing an open fill space for receiving the test strip;
- c) after step b), introducing the test strip into the open fill space with the first end being inserted first and being received adjacent the first longitudinal end;
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- d) after step c), sealing the second longitudinal end of the elongate foil tube by a second heat-sealed transverse joint, thereby closing the open fill space containing the test strip,
- wherein the heat sensitive chemistry pad is arranged in the packaging closer to the first heat-sealed transverse joint than to the second heat-sealed transverse joint.
A method for producing a stickpack-type packaging containing a test strip, the method comprising:
- a) forming an elongate foil tube having a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end;
- b) sealing the first longitudinal end of the foil tube by a first heat-sealed transverse joint, thereby providing an open fill space for receiving the test strip;
- c) after step b), introducing the test strip into the open fill space;
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- d) after step c), sealing the second longitudinal end of the elongate foil tube by a second heat-sealed transverse joint, thereby closing the open fill space containing the test strip,
- wherein the test strip has a first end and a second end, the test strip having a heat sensitive chemistry pad for detecting an analyte in a sample, the heat sensitive chemistry pad being closer to the first end than to the second end, the first end of the test strip being introduced into the open fill space first, the heat sensitive chemistry pad being located in the fill space closer to the first longitudinal end than to the second longitudinal end.
A method for packaging a test strip, the method comprising:
- a) forming an elongate foil tube having a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end;
- b) sealing the first longitudinal end of the foil tube by a first heat-sealed transverse joint, thereby providing an open fill space for receiving the test strip;
- c) after step b), introducing the test strip into the open fill space, the test strip having a first end and a second end, the test strip comprising a heat sensitive chemistry pad located on the test strip closer to the first end than to the second end, the test strip being introduced into the open fill space with the first end being inserted first and being positioned in the fill space with the first end being closer to the first longitudinal end than to the second longitudinal end;
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- d) after step c), sealing the second longitudinal end of the elongate foil tube by a second heat-sealed transverse joint, thereby closing the open fill space containing the test strip.
A method for packaging a test strip, the method comprising:
- a) forming an elongate foil tube having a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end;
- b) sealing the first longitudinal end of the foil tube by a first heat-sealed transverse joint, thereby providing an open fill space for receiving the test strip;
- c) after step b), introducing the test strip into the open fill space, the test strip being arranged in the fill space with the heat sensitive chemistry pad a distance from the second longitudinal end to prevent damage upon sealing the second longitudinal end;
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- d) after step c), sealing the second longitudinal end of the elongate foil tube by a second heat-sealed transverse joint, thereby closing the open fill space containing the test strip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.